Gaina sutras

SR No.: 020334
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hermann Jacobi
Publisher: Clarendon Perss
Publication Year: 1884
Total Pages: 385
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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198.
ÂKÂRÂNGA SÛTRA.
After a fast of three days, with a glorious resolution he ascended the supreme palankin, purifying all by his light. x.
He sat on his throne, and Sakra and Îsâna, on both sides, fanned him with chowries, the handles of which were inlaid with jewels and precious stones. xi.
In front it was uplifted by men, covered with joyful horripilation; behind the gods carried it: the Suras and Asuras, the Garudas and the chiefs of Nâgas. xii.
The Suras carried it on the eastern side, and the Asuras on the southern one; on the western side the Garudas carried it, and the Nâgas on the northern side. xiii.
As a grove in blossom, or a lotus-covered lake in autumn looks beautiful with a mass of flowers, so did (then) the firmament with hosts of gods. xiv. As a grove of Siddhartha 1, of Karnikâra 2 or of Kampaka 3 3 looks beautiful with a mass of flowers, so did (then) the firmament with hosts of gods. xv.
In the skies and on earth the sound of musical instruments produced by hundreds of thousands of excellent drums, kettle-drums, cymbals, and conches was extremely pleasant. xvi.
Then the gods ordered many hundreds of actors to perform a very rich concert of four kinds of instruments: stringed instruments and drums, cymbals and wind-instruments. xvii.
At that period, in that age, in the first month of winter, in the first fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Mârgasiras, on its tenth day, called Suvrata, in
2 Cassia Fistula.
1 White mustard.
* Michelia Champaka.
1 Correct suvvatenam in the printed text.